Enhancing performance of ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells by incorporation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chang, Wei Chen ^a,b   Cheng, Yao Yi ^a   Yu, Wan Chin ^a   Yao, Yih Chun ^a   Lee, Chia Hua ^b   Ko, Hung Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite film; Conversion efficiency; Dyesensitized solar cells; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Nanoparticle; Zno

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON FILMS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; OXIDE FILMS; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

ACID TREATED; AIR OXIDATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPOROUS; MIXED ACIDS; OXIDATION TREATMENTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; WORKING ELECTRODE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84859405549     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-166     Document Type: Article

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